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<|im_start|>user ELI5: how muscle memory works. I find it fascinating that our fingers can type out words without a keyboard. [5]<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you perform a sequence of one or more actions your brain will begin to associate those actions with each other. There's a saying that goes "Neurons that ...
<|im_start|>user How does 14nm lithography work? I am wondering what technology the semiconductor industry utilizes to achieve 14nm feature sizes. I searched the web for a while but could only find stuff about Moore's law and why 14nm is great, but nothing tangible about the actual manufacturing process. Would be great...
<|im_start|>user AskScience AMA Series: I am a leading researcher in the areas of cannabis plant science and plant physiology at Volcani Agriculture Research Center, in Israel. My name is Nirit Bernstein and I am researching cannabis plant sciences, and the best ways to grow medical cannabis, Ask Me Anything! Medical c...
<|im_start|>user If each atom has its own spectral lines, how does blackbody radiation cover all possible frecuencies? I mean,a copper filament emits according to the temperature, but shouldn't it emit only in the "copper spectrum"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The natural lines are broadened and shifted by differen...
<|im_start|>user development economics So, I'm from a subsaharan country and one thing thats always perplexed me is the literal title of this post — ' development economics' like why does there have to be this need to seperate it, like isnt this entire human science based on developing, its kinda shows how classificati...
<|im_start|>user [General Supernatural] How far up and down does salt project it's warding power? It's often seen in movies and stories that a line of salt in a threshold is able to stave off the attacks of supernatural beings, most commonly ghosts and vampires. My question us why don't these creatures, both of which c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If cardio is done by raising the heart rate to a high level and sustaining it, why does the heart not constantly improve its health since it never stops beating?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If your heart needs to get stronger it will, that usually means you are in trouble. Look into the phy...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Axiom of Choice Trying to wrap my head around this concept. If someone could kindly duh it down for me I would be grateful. Thanks!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A "choice function" is a function which takes as input any one of a collection of sets, and returns some element of that set. So if ...
<|im_start|>user Why having too many methods in a class is considered bad practice, yet most libraries have classes with dozens, sometimes even hundreds of methods ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Having many methods in a single class is often a sign that you should divide it up into smaller modules, but that's not al...
<|im_start|>user [Foundation] What exactly is psychohistory?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is the study of human interaction. Not at interpersonal levels, but at this if entire societies. As with anything, long term study of a field lets patterns emerge, and those can, if universal enough, be called "laws." Ha...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Do Captains have other areas of expertise like flying or engineering or did they spend all of their time at the academy just learning how to "Captain"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The Command track involves learning enough of more or less everything to be able to fill in without spendin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: From an evolutionary stance, why are humans bereft of basic defenses:claws, canines, thick hide..And instead runs with diverse body types, no fur, and exposed vital organs? I accept evolution in its basic and complex forms, but how did humans dominate the jungle without even being able to hold th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are babies sometimes so unwilling to eat, when it is fundamental for survival?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Failure to thrive is sometimes caused by things that aren't obvious: some babies have acid reflux, some aren't signaling they're hungry in ways the parents pick up on, some have othe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why do astronomers take pictures of things in different wavelengths?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can think of different wavelengths as different colors. The human eye can only see a small range of wavelengths of light - from around 390 nm to 700 nm - but there's light with wavelengths smal...
<|im_start|>user Why would I use X language over Y language? Hello y'all! I am starting a new project, and I was wondering what language I should use. I am relatively new to "complex" programming (classes and threading is where I am now as far as learning). I taught myself c++ 4 ish years ago, but just the basics (up u...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can the body of some animals like Cows, Horses, etc. that only eat grass make those huge muscles? They only eat vegetables, yet they have huge muscles. Their bodies are full of protein. How is that possible? **In bodybuilding they say you need to eat high protein foods like beef and chicken ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come sometimes my finger smoothly glides over the surface of my phone screen, but sometimes it drags and leaves a streak even if I just washed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are several factors that can affect how much resistance you have while moving your finger across your screen. F...
<|im_start|>user Why is there a social stigma about living in your parents house in Western countries? Im not sure if someone already asked this before but why is this a thing on western countries? (US/Canada) Im Asian M23, grew up in Asia and me and my family moved in Canada when I was 19. I made friends at school and...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that a building with the AC set to 70 degrees on "cool" mode is colder than a building set to 70 degrees on "warm" mode? Shouldn't they be the same temperature?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Upper and lower boundaries. Cooling to 70 activates cold AC when temp goes ABOVE 70. Warming t...
<|im_start|>user [General Sci-Fi] Do universal translators improve interpersonal relationships by smoothing out flukes of language/mistakes? Do universal translators (babelfish, ST and so on) translate the meaning of the spoken words, or the intent behind the words as they are constructed in the speakers mind before th...
<|im_start|>user Why is it that natural remedies occur so often in plants, but rarely if ever in animals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Consider the chief difference between plants and animals. Animals can move, plants can't. If an animal needs to defend itself, it needs to move faster, or have more muscles, or have ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is Determinism?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Determinism argues that basically all choices and actions were previously determined by things in your past/genetics and other things like that. Because of this, Determinists argue Free Will doesn’t exists and any impulsive actions you think y...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is no way to justify "Honor Killings" of women deemed to have brought shame or dishonor to their family. (Warning, I think its safe to say some of the answers solicited can severely offend). I've recently stumbled upon an article talking about a person who will defend Honor killings in the u...
<|im_start|>user [Star Trek] Why have the civilizations of Star Trek expanded SO SLOWLY? It seems like the biggest limiting factor is the crystals needed to power starships... but is it really so hard to harvest energy from other sources and store it in some other form (since it apparently is utterly impossible to synt...
<|im_start|>user How would a blind person experience LSD?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It would depend on the cause of the blindness. LSD is an agonist of 5HT2a receptors and works at the level of the visual cortex. So if someone had a non cortical blindness due to for example a cataract it should still be possible ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe universities should be more exclusive I think everyone is going to agree that the current educational status of the united states is bad at best. The extremely high costs and the saturated laboral market are driving young people to start their lifes with a massive debt on their account a...
<|im_start|>user Can a [B.S. in computing and data sciences] help me land a job as a software engineer? The university in my city doesn't offer a B.S. in computer science or in software engineering (both available in other cities), it only offers a [B.S. in computing and data sciences]: Curriculum: https://docs.google...
<|im_start|>user Why does an accelerating electron(or any other charged particle) radiate electromagnetic radiation?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Imagine you are very far away from a charged particle, and you can detect its electric field. Then the particle starts accelerating. The electric field far away from the ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are we able to measure space? For example, I read about the Pillars of Creation and how they’re 4 light years tall and that equates to something like 23 trillion miles long. How do we know that it’s 4 light years long? Or another example, the galaxy that we’re in is 100,000 light years wide...
<|im_start|>user To grad students/established professors: how do you get rid of researchphobia or just general anxiety of doing research? So I am planning to enter grad school. I know I just have to because my dream job requires me to have at least a masters degree( I want to teach college). I only have like one or two...
<|im_start|>user How would universal healthcare affect the job market? I've always been told when job hunting to look for benefits package, not just the salary. I know health insurance (and vision/dental) are not the only aspects of a benefits package, but they're a major one. Would the view just skew more towards sala...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does radio reception sometimes increase when we stand next to a radio or touch the antenna?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your body reacts to electromagnetic radiation (which includes radio). FM just happens to have frequencies near the resonant frequency of the human body. So your body act...
<|im_start|>user If light is a constantly shifting electric/magnetic field, why does it not interact with other external electromagnetic fields? I understand that photons themselves lack charge, and light interacts with things like other photons and electrons etc. but why don't the electric and magnetic field interact...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does 'glow-in-the-dark' work exactly? I'm sitting here sleeping at a family member's house in the Seattle area and there's a big blackout in my town. The room I'm in has those stars that stick to your ceiling and glow when you shut the lights off. How does this work exactly? Additionally, I'v...
<|im_start|>user What is the diference between rationalism in Descartes and rationalism in Kant? how do they utilize rationalism differently?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An important distinction would be that, for Kant, concepts without intuitions are blind, meaning that we cannot posit entities on the basis of rea...
<|im_start|>user Could the conditions for life be different than ours in another part of the universe? Basically, can other life forms in the universe exist without our specific standards of living. Is it possible for life forms to exist not dependant on water or oxygen? Why is water the standard for looking for life o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The Drake Equation<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant All of the terms are probabilities that certain things will happen. That a star will have planets; that a planet will develop life; that the life will develop intelligence; and so on. None of these probabilities are zero, because we know that it ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 is power only generated by spinning turbines? (besides solar) Nuclear power appears to be a powerful way to make steam that spins a turbine. Same with geothermal, wind, &amp; hydro. Maybe not solar? Isn't energy lost in the multiple energy conversions (heat, water state, kinetic)? Is it theoretica...
<|im_start|>user Why companies can't chemical ananalyze, for example, Pepsi, and produce identical mixture on their own? I believe some things are patented out - but then are not a secret. For example WD-40 oil is not patented and its recipe is secret, why people just don't analyze it's contents to produce a copy and g...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If the flu shot contains a non-active version of the flu, then why are "flu like symptoms" common for the days following?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant the non-active proteins trigger an immune system response which can involve some inflammatory system responses. once the immune system is acti...
<|im_start|>user CMV: It's not "anti-science" to include transgender people with their gender of identification. Critics of transgenderism (?) say that biology shows there's only two genders, male and female, based on sex chromosomes (which are implicit from one's anatomy and hormonal balance if one's chromosomes are n...
<|im_start|>user Does gravity have a range or speed? So, light is a photon, and it gets emitted by something (like a star) and it travels at ~300,000 km/sec in a vacuum. I can understand this. Gravity on the other hand, as I understand it, isn't something that's emitted like some kind of tractor beam, it's a deformatio...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why do we get itchy when we are sweating while sitting/ laying on grass fields? Wow, I dunno what to say, this blew up. Thanks for all the responses everyone!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Even for those without allergies, grasses and plants contain many organic compounds, like phenolic acids, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is "0! = 1"? If n factorial is n(n-1)(n-2)...(3)(2)(1), Why is 0 factorial=1? If 0=n, should the answer be 0 due anything multiplied by 0=0? EDIT: Wow thanks for all the good responses! Never actually expected this to make it to my top post, but Reddit never fails to amaze me!<|im_end|> <|i...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: how does assembly code work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A computer is a machine that only knows how to follow a list of basic instructions. It can read values from memory, do basic math on them, and store the results. It can also compare two values and jump to a different place in the instr...
<|im_start|>user Is bait scientifically classified as a tool? If a predator uses bait to catch it's prey, has that predator used what scientists would classify as a tool?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on whose definition you are using. Some researchers consider a tool to be an object that is manipulated b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is aging? On a cellular level, what is the exact process?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As DNA replicates, data is eventually loss/damaged, resulting in aging. Think about making a copy of the document, then further making copies of the copy. Eventually, you find the document is...
<|im_start|>user [Back to the Future] What exactly is the time machine travelling through that causes it to frost over completely? The very first time that Doc Brown tests it (and the others too, I think), the time machine arrives completely frozen over, to the point that ice cracks when he opens the doors and it's pai...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we spend billions and billions of dollars on cancer research, and still use Chemotherapy as the most widely used treatment. After having people come to my door asking for support in Cancer Research, I asked them how much further we've come in the last ten years, and they couldn't tell me. ...
<|im_start|>user My Boss Sent Me A Journal Article to Read and I Can't Understand It... Hello everyone, This is my first time posting in this sub so please bear with me. So, I graduated with my BA in Psychology this past May. A couple of weeks ago I started a job as a Research Assistant working with a highly distingu...
<|im_start|>user Why don't people have different natural hair colors like blue or green? Are there any natural hair colors besides red, black, brown, and blonde?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mammals main source of coloring is melanin, which produces browns, blacks and shade of tan. Other animals such as birds have ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why some video games allow in game, real time graphics changes, and why other video games require a restart before applying the graphics changes. I'm curious as to why this is the case. Please explain. Thanks.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Some changes technically require releasing and re-acqui...
<|im_start|>user Since the human body is widely influenced by ion channels in the cell, does magnetism affect this at all? Would prolonged exposure to magnetism have any effect on one's health?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well, the strength of MRI ( Magnetic Resonance Imaging ) is limited by their ability ( when st...
<|im_start|>user Why when I tilt a cup to slowly pour liquid out, does the liquid not fall straight down but seems to grab and runs down the outside of the cup instead? I presume it's got to do with path of least resistance and the liquid itself is holding some sort of resistance...but I'm sure some high school physics...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:how do we determine how good an animal’s eyesight is? And how do we compare it to our own or another animals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a variety of studies that can be done. Some are observational. You see an eagle swoop down from one thousand feet high to catch prey and you have ...
<|im_start|>user What is it that is keeping us from having "wireless" electricity? There are ways to charge certain small electronics via inductive charging, but why haven't we gone "completely wireless," to the point where we even need to plug things in anymore? What's the roadblock, and when will it conceivably be o...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What's the difference between an Embassy and a Consulate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Its kind of like a library system, you have the main big library in your area and the smaller branches depending on it. In simple terms the embassy is the main headquarters, where the ambassador lives ther...
<|im_start|>user What do scientists mean when they say "We only know what makes up 5% of the Universe"? What makes up the other 95% of the Universe and how come we don't know what it is ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We can measure the total matter density. We can also observe how many stars there are and what thei...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do male shirts and female blouses have their buttons lined up on opposite sides?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Historically women were more likely to have maids and such doing most of their dressing for them and it was easier for the servants to button the clothing if the buttons were on th...
<|im_start|>user Why are there only two genders in nature? Why not more?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, a semantic issue. Gender is a cultural term, and some cultures do have more than two genders. Sexes are the scientific term, of which humans have two, barring exceptions. As the animal kingdom comes from a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the purpose of the 'Press Start" screen at the beginning of almost every video game?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It has two purposes, one modern and one more historically. Right now the main reason of the start screen is to identify the player (in case of more than one controller con...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Talking on radio transmitter at 50% speed of light. What would it sound like if I am traveling at 50-90% the speed of light and communicated to a stationary person via a radio transmitter? Would my voice be slow?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two things that are going to have an effe...
<|im_start|>user Curious to hear economists' breakdown of Einstein's "Why Socialism?" There's this [article](https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/) by Einstein blatantly endorsing socialism. I'd like to clarify that I have no dog in this fight, and I think Einstein being Einstein deserves the benefit of...
<|im_start|>user How do trees fight off disease? I'm assuming trees don't have an immune system, so do they have any protection against disease?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Trees *do* in fact have an immune system, as all plants do! Plant immunity is an innate immune system, while animals have innate and adaptive i...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: how does alcoholism run in a family? I under stand cancer and diabetes but if alcohol is an out of body deal how it is it possible for it to be genetically in a family?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Biochemist here--Our genes code for proteins that impact many things that can relate to alcohol ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What more megapixels give you and what they do not (or, why more megapixels isn't necessarily "better")<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant More megapixels means that you get images with more pixels. This means you can make a larger image at a given resolution, or have better resolution for a given ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What happens when your injected with blood of a incompatible type?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You must first understand how bloodworks: Type a blood has an "A" antigen(basically a license plate for your cells to tell your immune system what they do) Type B blood only has a "B" antigen Type A...
<|im_start|>user eli5: How can Google maps know many small and recent businesses' locations so accurately? I've realised that most businesses (even small kiosks) are seen on Google maps. Where and how do they get that information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant These days most businesses enter themselves into google m...
<|im_start|>user Does non-Euclidean geometry render Kant's claim that space and time are a priori intuitions irrelevant? What the title says. Per my understanding, Kant claims that space and time are a priori intuitions, but the discovery/ potential of non-euclidean geometries means that to find which one is 'right',...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do taxes get taken out of your paycheck, but then you get taxed again when you go to buy food at Burger King?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a lot of different laws written that include a lot of different taxes - where they are applied, and what those funds go towards. So, you migh...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why is Prince Philip of England a prince and not king, despite his being married to the Queen? The wife of the previous king, George VI, was Queen Elizabeth, not Princess Elizabeth. The fact that people are upvoting this makes me feel glad that I wasn't the only one confused by this! Mandatory "...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The Bible does not clearly explain the requirements for Christian salvation Apologies in advance for my hungover brain not forming very good sentences at the moment. I had a conversation on [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/2qf2pw/cmv_if_a_religious_person_truly_believed_their/...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why doesn't the metal walls of the microwave cause sparks but most every other metal does? Obligatory front page edit!! Thanks for the answers guys/gals!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First off, the problem that metal in a microwave causes most often is that the metal can reflect and focus micr...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Islamic banking system. How is it different from interest?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two methods that can be used: 1) The bank acts as a traditional investor and just directly invests money into a project in exchange for an ownership stake. This is usually what people hold up as...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think it is wrong to use China or the USSR as citations of communism as a failed system For those familiar with Marxist communism, the actual communist society is meant to be similar to an anarchy of sorts. Following a revolution in which the extremely developed capitalist society is overthrown ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5, How La Croix flavors it’s water? Ingredients: “only carbonated water, naturally essenced.” What is the natural essence?? EDIT: Hoping I picked a close enough flair<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The FDA requires most ingredients in a food product to be listed by their actual name. However, the...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 How does face scanning work with twins?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are different methods of "face scanning," but they all rely on nuances in physical appearance. (More advanced methods use the topography of the face and not just a comparison between images.) They can't distinguish betwe...
<|im_start|>user How is human vision stabilized? I.e, when you're walking there must be a lot of small movements in the head, but we don't really perceive them.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I believe you're referring to the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), which stabilizes your gaze in space. Other things are also con...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do Jews get so much discrimination throughout human history? Why is it that Jewish people throughout history have gotten their rights and lives violated wherever they reside in? What is it about Judaism that a lot of humans seem to resent so much? Why is it that this resentment seems to get j...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly happens when someone donates their body to science?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Read the book "Stiff". A lot of things can happen to you once donated. Medical schools, crash test dummies, even rotting for research. Bodies are left to rot to test how they react and help police...
<|im_start|>user Thoughts on cheating students I'm an instructor who works in a department of a university that will remain nameless. Essentially I have caught two students cheating and I feel my department is not handling the situation in the right way. I caught the two students looking at each others papers and talki...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Scientifically, why can't blood testing using a few drops of blood (i.e. Theranos' purported and testing regime) work? What can we actually test for using single drop blood testing? Completely putting aside the fact that the Edison machine didn't work, what is and isn't possible for pathologists ...
<|im_start|>user CMV:Leaving the toilet seat up in mixed gender toilets is neither more nor less considerate than leaving it down. There are frequently comments and jokes in pop culture, usually from women, complaining about men leaving the toilet seat up. It is sometimes said that this is because "leave downers" don...
<|im_start|>user [Highlander] What makes an immortal "powerful"? I'm thinking more about the chronicles of Duncan McCleod, not his clansman Connor (whom I'm less familiar with). I've heard a lot about "when you take an immortal's head, you take his power". And I've also seen the videos of the "quickenings", when head...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Can someone explain what an isomer is in layman's terms?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An Isomer is a molecule with the same kind of atoms, but they are are a different shape. Imagine a lego set, put it together one way to make a plane. Take the plane apart, use all of those pieces to make a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do the tips of our fingers and toes need a covering such as our nails?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Nails provide a firm backing, allowing for better grip, finer sensory function, and giving a handy pair of built-in pliers for delicate work. Imagine you stuck a chopstick through a sausage...
<|im_start|>user CMV: the "anti-racist baby" book is nothing more than a way to get people who love to virtue signal to waste their money and it does nothing to stop racism anybody who buys the book specifically because they don't want a racist child should think about why they need a book to teach the child that lesso...
<|im_start|>user [Flatland] Could you convince the 0th dimension being to believe in higher dimensions? He believes that everything is himself, including thoughts and ideas. Would he adopt spoken ideas about higher dimensions as his own so much that he believes them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I feel like in order...
<|im_start|>user If I take ice II at 500MPa and -80°C, and reduce the pressure to 100kPa, will the ice reorganise itself into ice I? Does it need to be melted in order to transition between its solid phases? Do any of the solid phases of ice form a stable configuration that can be taken out of its usual temperature-pre...
<|im_start|>user What makes someone smart?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant From a psychometric perspective smartness is a relative measure of ones' problem solving ability compared to the rest of the population, and it can be divided into two categories: fluid and crystallized intelligence. Fluid intelligence is ones...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did ancient civilizations know so much about the solar system with limited technology?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ancient civilizations were able to track the stars and objects in the night sky. While they didn't have telescopes, they had far less light pollution, allowing them to see a...
<|im_start|>user The strive for knowledge has been shattered by the public education system. CMV. For quite some time I have been looking into the priorities and the structure of the American education system. I myself am a senior in high school and, like many others, always wonder what the point of it all is. But what...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Capitalism is a greedy killing machine and it's not okay. The Left vs right politics war waged on humanitarian leaders by greedy elites (oil billionaires mainly) who need extensive therapy and mushrooms (and quite possibly a hug) Let me explain Mental health awareness is purposely suppressed in ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: After a tooth is removed how is it that the hole left gets completely filled over time? I understand how the wound would heal but how does the body know to fill in the entire hole left by the tooth removal? That space didn’t have any gums before, since a tooth was there but it all gets filled.<|i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a fruit "bruise" when dropped. What actually happens that causes the change?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When the cells within the fruit are damaged, it allows oxygen in. When oxygen gets in to the cells, it reacts with the chemicals in the fruit in that area. The result of this re...
<|im_start|>user [SCP Foundation] What if SCP-140 got filled in all the way to the early 1700s? http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-140 This magic book is capable of retroactively changing history to incorporate the existence of a powerful ancient nation ruled by evil sorcerors. Every time a type of fluid visible enough to w...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How exactly does Deja Vu happen, and is it abnormal to experience it daily? I remember one of my professors giving me this thin, run down explaination of it, but he didnt say more than two sentences. I still don't understand it.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Humans have two kinds of memory, a s...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The US Government should allow transgender people to serve, but should not pay for their surgeries I'm not interested in arguing whether transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military, I'm more interested in the second part of my title. So starting with the assumption that trans peo...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Healthy animals should never be put down simply because they’re not getting adopted. I understand the issue about space, accommodation and how many shelters are already struggling taking care of the ones in shelter, needing 24/7 care and attention. But do we put down our family who are going throu...
<|im_start|>user starting out my journey in philosophy with Kant , is this a good idea ? Any tips? I had my first contact with philosophy in class when we studied Socrates . I was blind but now I see, my eyes are open and I know I want to actually get into philosophy. I have chose Kant's critique of pure reason as my ...